Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 12.56% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 25.05%. Currently, Teradyne has a market capitalization of $62.15 billion.

Buying $1000 In TER: If an investor had bought $1000 of TER stock 15 years ago, it would be worth $28,730.37 today based on a price of $397.00 for TER at the time of writing.

Teradyne's Performance Over Last 15 Years

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Finally -- what's the point of all this? The key insight to take from this article is to note how much of a difference compounded returns can make in your cash growth over a period of time.

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